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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 313 · 40 questions
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Remember (Book and writer): Ramayana – Valmiki, Mahabharata – Ved Vyasa, Panchatantra – Vishnu Sharma, Ramcharitmanas – Tulsidas, Meghaduta – Kalidasa, Gitanjali – Rabindranath Tagore, Tirukkural – Thiruvalluvar. Godan and Idgah – Premchand, The Jungle Book – Rudyard Kipling, Alice in Wonderland – Lewis Carroll, Wings of Fire – A. P. J. Abdul Kalam. The Bhagavad Gita is part of the Mahabharata and has 18 chapters; there were 5 Pandava brothers.

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  1. 1.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Wings of Fire (c) the Mahabharata (d) Tirukkural
  5. 5.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Meghaduta (c) the Ramayana (d) Ramcharitmanas
  6. 6.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Bengali (c) Hindi (d) Sanskrit
  8. 8.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Tulsidas (b) Premchand (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Lewis Carroll
  9. 9.True or false: Valmiki wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Bengali (b) English (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  11. 11.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  12. 12.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Premchand (c) Valmiki (d) Rudyard Kipling
  14. 14.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  15. 15.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Valmiki
  16. 16.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) English (b) Hindi (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  18. 18.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  19. 19.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Tamil (b) Sanskrit (c) English (d) Awadhi
  22. 22.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) the Ramayana (b) The Jungle Book (c) Meghaduta (d) Gitanjali
  25. 25.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Bengali (b) Sanskrit (c) English (d) Tamil
  26. 26.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Mowgli (b) Baloo (c) Shere Khan (d) Bagheera
  27. 27.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Gitanjali (c) Idgah (d) the Mahabharata
  29. 29.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) the Mahabharata (c) Godan (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  30. 30.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Hindi (b) Tamil (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  31. 31.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Tamil (b) English (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  34. 34.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) English (b) Hindi (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  36. 36.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Premchand (d) Tulsidas
  38. 38.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Tulsidas (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Premchand
  40. 40.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. False
  2. False
  3. False
  4. Tirukkural
  5. the Ramayana
  6. True
  7. Bengali
  8. Premchand
  9. False
  10. Sanskrit
  11. 5
  12. True
  13. Valmiki
  14. 18
  15. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  16. False
  17. Sanskrit
  18. 18
  19. True
  20. True
  21. Tamil
  22. False
  23. True
  24. Meghaduta
  25. English
  26. Mowgli
  27. True
  28. Idgah
  29. Abhijnanashakuntalam
  30. Hindi
  31. True
  32. False
  33. English
  34. True
  35. Awadhi
  36. False
  37. Vishnu Sharma
  38. False
  39. Premchand
  40. True

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